Do predictors of smoking relapse change as a function of duration of abstinence? Findings from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To estimate predictors of time to smoking relapse and test if prediction varied by quit duration.

Design

Longitudinal cohort data from the International Tobacco Control Four-Country survey with annual follow up collected between 2002 and 2015.

Setting

Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

Participants

A total of 9171 eligible adult smokers who had made at least one quit attempt during the study period.

Measurements

Time to relapse was the main outcome. Predictor variables included pre-quit baseline measures of nicotine dependence, smoking and quitting-related motivations, quitting capacity and social influence, and also two post-quit measures, use of stop-smoking medications and quit duration (1-7 days, 8-14 days, 15-31 days, 1-3 mont

SUBMITTER: Yong HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993599 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature